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Foreign Born  
2000 
Country of BirthPopulation% of Foreign Born% of Total Population
Dominican Republic46,7626.49%0.80%
Portugal43,7826.07%0.75%
Canada41,9635.82%0.72%
China; excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan38,6825.36%0.66%
Brazil33,9524.71%0.58%
Haiti33,8744.70%0.58%
Vietnam29,4164.08%0.51%
India28,2493.92%0.49%
Italy26,0943.62%0.45%
United Kingdom23,9263.32%0.41%
El Salvador18,1082.51%0.31%
Ireland17,0472.36%0.29%
Russia15,4212.14%0.27%
Colombia15,2412.11%0.26%
Germany13,2711.84%0.23%
Greece13,0371.81%0.22%
Korea12,8251.78%0.22%
Cambodia12,2491.70%0.21%
Guatemala12,2141.69%0.21%
Jamaica10,7831.50%0.19%
Poland9,4001.30%0.16%
Mexico8,1611.13%0.14%
Japan8,1481.13%0.14%
Hong Kong8,0331.11%0.14%
Philippines7,3331.02%0.13%
Taiwan7,1590.99%0.12%
Ukraine7,0630.98%0.12%
Lebanon6,4210.89%0.11%
Honduras6,0370.84%0.10%
Trinidad and Tobago5,7780.80%0.10%
France5,3800.75%0.09%
Iran4,3880.61%0.08%
Thailand4,3080.60%0.07%
Barbados3,9840.55%0.07%
Cuba3,6570.51%0.06%
Peru3,5970.50%0.06%
Pakistan3,3650.47%0.06%
Turkey3,3170.46%0.06%
Israel3,1240.43%0.05%
Nigeria3,1160.43%0.05%
Laos3,0950.43%0.05%
Ghana2,8150.39%0.05%
Egypt2,7810.39%0.05%
Ecuador2,7720.38%0.05%
Bosnia and Herzegovina2,7300.38%0.05%
Argentina2,6440.37%0.05%
Venezuela2,5390.35%0.04%
Romania2,3270.32%0.04%
Netherlands2,2830.32%0.04%
South Africa2,0980.29%0.04%
Sweden2,0450.28%0.04%
Syria2,0390.28%0.04%
Spain2,0000.28%0.03%
Australia1,8630.26%0.03%
Czechoslovakia1,8250.25%0.03%
Ethiopia1,8040.25%0.03%
Hungary1,7050.24%0.03%
Chile1,5450.21%0.03%
Costa Rica1,5340.21%0.03%
Austria1,3450.19%0.02%
Panama1,3240.18%0.02%
Yugoslavia1,2860.18%0.02%
Indonesia1,2830.18%0.02%
Belarus1,2650.18%0.02%
Bangladesh1,2390.17%0.02%
Guyana1,2150.17%0.02%
Armenia1,1580.16%0.02%
Malaysia9760.14%0.02%
Bolivia9470.13%0.02%
Nicaragua8730.12%0.02%
Iraq8140.11%0.01%
Sierra Leone6640.09%0.01%
Jordan6030.08%0.01%
Afghanistan1560.02%0.00%
Other Countries64,8038.99%1.11%
Total Foreign Born721,060100%12.39%
Total Population5,819,101  

Source: U.S. Census, 2000